General Knowledge

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The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members .

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Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death anniversary is on January, 11. Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (then Soviet Union) on the 11th January, 1966, one day after signing a peace treaty to end the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War.

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The Heads of Government of the countries which are members of the Commonwealth meet biannually. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a biennial summit meeting of the de facto leaders from all Commonwealth nations. Despite the name, the head of state may be present in the meeting instead of the head of government, espcially among semi-presidential states. Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state and is chaired by that nation’s respective Prime Minister or President who becomes the Commonwealth Chair-in-Office until the next meeting.

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Deforestation in the uplands may cause pollution in rivers through erosion and silting. Deforestation is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forest. This can include clearing the land for agriculture or grazing, or using the timber for fuel, construction or manufacturing. Forests cover more than 30% of the Earth’s land surface, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

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India is the largest grower of pulses. Madhya Pradesh is India’s largest pulse producing state, which accounts for 23% of total pulse production in the country. Madhya Pradesh is followed by Uttar Pradesh (18%), Maharashtra (14%), Rajasthan (11%) and Andhra Pradesh (9%).

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Judicature (High Court) of Rajasthan is at Jodhpur. It was established on 29th August, 1949 under the Rajasthan High Court Ordinance, 1949. The seat of the court is at Jodhpur. The court has a sanctioned judge strength of 50.

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The 2003 Right Livelihood Honorary Award honors New Zealand’s former Prime Minister David Lange, when the jury recognizes “for his steadfast work over many years for a world free of nuclear weapons”.

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The main objective of the Department of Atomic Energy is to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world’.

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The term hit wicket in cricket refers to when the batsman, while hitting the ball, strikes his own wicket with his bat or body and is declared out. Cricket rules specify that if a batsman hits his wicket down with his bat or body after the bowler has entered his delivery stried and the ball is in play then he is out. The striking batsman is also out if he hits his wicket down while setting off for his first run.

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The first launch of the missile ‘Trishul’ was made in September, 1995. The Trishul missile project was commissioned in 1983 as a part of Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. The project was to be completed by 1992 and the missile would be fitted to Brahmaputra-class frigates as an anti-sea skimmer.